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In this article we use evidence from the Chinese equivalent of Twitter – Weibo – to show that Chinese views of the United States are character-ized by deep ambivalence. On some dimensions, Chinese views of the United States are intensely negative, but in other respects they are remarkably positive.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Public Opinion in China
- 3 Social Media Discourse as A Window Into Views of The United States
- 5 Anti-Americanism Inspired by Specific Events
- 6 Puzzles from Comparative Analysis and Possible Future Directions
- 7 Conclusion
In this article we use evidence from the Chinese equivalent of Twitter – Weibo – to show that Chinese views of the United States are characterized by deep ambivalence. On some dimensions, Chinese views of the United States are intensely negative, but in other respects they are remarkably positive. To Chinese users of Weibo, the West can serve simul...
Thus far, studies of Chinese views about the United States have relied mainly on surveys and public opinion polls. One of the best works in this tradition is the book chapter by Johnston and Stockmann (2007), which looks at Chinese attitudes toward the United States across time and issue areas. Based on survey data collected by the Beijing Area Stu...
3.1 Background
Survey data is nonetheless limited in its ability to present a full picture of the attitudes of a population. First, how survey questions are framed matters; and they do not measure intensity of feeling: most respondents may not feel strongly about some topics. Furthermore, since surveys are expensive, they are relatively infrequent. In contrast, social media postings occur continuously and represent the spontaneous expression of users about events as they happen. Thus, although the Chinese p...
3.2 Weibo
Microblogging is one of the most successful forms of social media. Since its creation, it has altered the ways people perceive and process online information (Tong and Lei, 2013). Detailed news reports supported by in-depth interviews and deep analysis are now supplemented by short news postings on microblogging websites such as Twitter. This method of quick engagement with friends and strangers in online communities has complemented or even subverted previous modes of communicating (Obern, 2...
3.3 Research design and methodology
We use Weibo posts gathered and stored by Crimson Hexagon, a social media analytics company founded in 2007, for this analysis. Crimson Hexagon (CH) combines the text analysis method developed by Hopkins and King (2010)with a vast collection of social media data in an online platform. It should be noted that Crimson Hexagon does not collect the universe of Weibo posts, as it does with other social media sources. For the time during which this analysis was conducted, CH used a third party to o...
After analyzing general views of United States politics and society, it is interesting to see whether Chinese attitudes toward the United States change when it comes to specific events. In this section, we analyze two main issues that concern both China and the United States: the territorial disputes between China and the Philippines and the North ...
Jamal et al. (2015) conducted an analysis similar to ours to examine views toward the United States by Twitter participants in the Middle East. Comparing our Weibo results with Twitter results from the Middle East generates a stark contrast, which generates an analytical puzzle. Specifically, why do the Chinese hold generally positive views of the ...
Chinese views toward the United States are important in world politics and the subject of an extensive literature. While previous quantitative work relies extensively on public opinion polls and surveys, we focus on social media, a new platform that facilitates fast communication and interaction between anonymous individuals online. Using the ForSi...
- Yichen Guan, Dustin Tingley, David Romney, Amaney Jamal, Robert Keohane
- 2020
We study Chinese attitudes toward the United States, and secondarily toward Japan, Russia, and Vietnam, by analyzing social media discourse on the Chinese social media site, Weibo. We focus separately on a general analysis of attitudes and on Chinese responses to specific international events involving the United States.
Faculty Publications. Chinese views of the United States: evidence from Weibo. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. Vol. 20, Issue 1, Pages 1-30. Date of Publication: January 2020. View on Publisher Site. Authors: Dustin Tingley. Citations. Guan, Yichen, Dustin Tingley, David Romney, Amaney Jamal and Robert Keohane. 2020.
Jul 2, 2013 · When a Fulbright scholar arrived in China to teach U.S. history, she encountered students who interpreted the subject in surprising ways. By David Caragliano. July 2, 2013. A map of the...
- David Caragliano
Jan 1, 2020 · We study Chinese attitudes toward the United States, and secondarily toward Japan, Russia, and Vietnam, by analyzing social media discourse on the Chinese social media site, Weibo.
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